Celebrating a Growing, Engaged Academic Community in the 18th edition of IJUP – Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto —the annual Young Researchers Meeting of the University of Porto. This year the event counted with the participation of dozens of students from FBAUP, from the MDIP, MIEI, MDI and especially from the MDGPE… Continue reading IJUP 2025
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The potential of design expression in the field of mental health
The potential of design expression in the field of mental health:Development of a conceptual variable display typeface to raise awareness about eating disorders.Joana Teixeira Online campaign + digital font + typographic specimen Leveraging the expressive power of typography, a variable typeface was developed to subtly reflect some of the sensations and characteristics of living with… Continue reading The potential of design expression in the field of mental health
Reinventing academic access
Reinventing academic access: design, digitalization, and dialogue at U. Porto Press and in the journal Espaço Público/Public SpaceFrancisca Fradinho Alves The digital era has profoundly transformed the field of academic publishing. In addition to democratizing access to knowledge, it requires adapting content for online formats and reinventing graphic design practices to meet new demands for… Continue reading Reinventing academic access
The potential of graphic industry waste
The potential of graphic industry waste reused in visual and experimental practices of graphic design.Catarina Santos Costa Ferreira Spolia (Latin: “spoils”; spolium) is a term used to describe the process of removing stones from old buildings and monuments in ruins to reuse them in new constructions and for decorative purposes. Originating from architecture, the term… Continue reading The potential of graphic industry waste
Experimental Poetry 3
Experimental Poetry 3Independent publishing in the poetic experimentalism of the 1960sBruna Sousa The Experimental Poetry 3 project aims to recreate and continue the publication Experimental Poetry, anthological notebooks 1 and 2, from 1964 and 1966, respectively. PO.EX was not only a publication but also an avant-garde movement, solidified during the 1960s by a group of… Continue reading Experimental Poetry 3
Ukrainian Findings
Ukrainian FindingsAnastasiia Zavalniuk Ukrainian Findings is a retrospective of 20th-century Ukrainian graphic art, featuring works by prominent artists who worked in styles such as Ukrainian Baroque, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Constructivism, Modernism, and Brutalism. The exhibition highlights unique examples of the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet, particularly those that have remained unchanged since the reform of Peter… Continue reading Ukrainian Findings
Figurado in the Figurative Sense
Figurado no sentido figuradoAna Leite The history of Figurado ceramics catches a ride with the Earth’s continuous movement. On the potter’s wheel, this earth spins, and in the trance of this rotation, as the hands and clay get to know each other, we see a reflection of what we were and what we are, converging… Continue reading Figurado in the Figurative Sense
Transmedia Storytelling and the Audience Experience
Transmedia Storytelling e a Experiência do Público: Relatório de Estágio no Estúdio Nor267Beatriz Martinez The report documents the four-month internship at Nor267 — Design and Communication studio and delves into the concept of Transmedia Storytelling, specifically the interactions between multiplatform narratives and audience experience. The implementation of new technologies in multiplatform projects and the internship… Continue reading Transmedia Storytelling and the Audience Experience
As Above So Below
As Above So BelowAna Armada “As Above So Below” is characterized as an exploration of the Law of Correspondence. This book brings together 11 perspectives that connect to help us understand this concept. Composed of two parts that connect at the spine, the book’s design symbolizes the union between “above” and “below”. Just as the… Continue reading As Above So Below
Graphic design as a political awareness tool
Graphic design as a political awareness tool: Analysis of Visual Stereotypes on Book Covers by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.Ana Paula Hentges Design gráfico como ferramenta de conscientização política: Análise dos Estereótipos Visuais nas Capas dos Livros de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Creating a cover involves the collaboration of several people,and marketing plays an essential role in promoting… Continue reading Graphic design as a political awareness tool